Shakespeare and the power of performance
Subtitle: stage and page in the Elizabethan theatre
By: Robert Weimann and Douglas Bruster.
Contributors: Bruster, Douglas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780521895323
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Technique; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Moralize two meanings" in one play : contrariety on the Tudor stage; title: Performance, game, and representation in Richard III; title: Mingling vice and "worthiness" in King John; title: Clowning : agencies between voice and pen; title: Clowning at the frontiers of representation; title: Cross-dressing and performance in disguise; title: Personation and playing : "secretly open" role-playing; title: Character/actor : the deep matrix; title: Character : depth, dialogue, page; title: King Lear : representations on stage and page.